Engaging new starter manual

Hi everyone,

I am putting together a new starter manual. I want it to be as useful and relevant as possible. The idea is that this will be separate from the contract/statement of terms and will be more of a fun document.

It would be good to hear of some ideas that others wish they knew before they joined a company such as personal development budget, the dress code, what their first day would look like, where can I get lunch etc. However random!

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Robey over 3 years ago

Although it's very specific for a particular company at a particular time, you might like to check out this example:

vdocuments.net/valve-employee-handbook.html

It's rather dated now, and the US company that wrote it has moved away from the hyper-flexible model it adopted in those days, but it does offer an approach to a "settling in" document that's designed to be fun and useful to read.

The other thing you may want to consider is avoiding a written guide entirely and doing something like a POV video, although it might need some professional input.
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Sophie over 3 years ago in reply to Robey

Thanks Robey. Yes I like the idea of POV videos and I'm considering it to accompany the document.
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Sophie over 3 years ago in reply to Robey

Thanks Robey. Yes I like the idea of POV videos and I'm considering it to accompany the document.
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